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VOLUME IY
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON- MONDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1904
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WEATHER
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Buys Whiskey "Saturday
and Takes Quilts onT
I Sunday.
court. Denney when , asked how 'he
managed to secure the whiskey with
which to get drunk Sunday, the time'
when the theft was committed, stated
tbt be had provided himself against
drouth the day before. "
Denny wu a soldier In the Ialandi
during the 8pan!ah American war, be
ing a member of Co. B which was sent
from Roseburg and Ashland,! Hie
home was In Ashland. He is short if
money jost at present and will there
fore beooms a county boarder
DALLES
PORTAGE
ROAD
. It wu the same old "story "I was
pretty drank and do not know exactly
what I did do, bat I did not take the
quilts."
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oat of Walter Peauy . who ; was . before
him charged with taking the quilts
from room forty Sre In the annex to
the Bins Mountain House, f The evi
dence was sufficient to warrant Justice
Hough la pissing him ualer three
hundred dollars bonds to appear be
fore the iext term of the Circuit
W R C Election r
W B 0 No. 87 held a very pleasant
meeting Friday atternoan , After the
roatinaof business was disposed of
they proceeded to elect the following
officers for the earning year.
President Mrs. 8arah Kllpatrlck
Sen Vloe Pre - Mrs, Annie H Raker
Mrs. Winnie Thome
Mrs. Addle M Grout
Mrs. Mary Davis
Mrs. Agues Paddock
Mrs. Etta Flannery
- Mrs. Clara T Lyle
JrVioePrea .
Treasurer '
Chaplin . ; ,
Conduotor
Uuard
Installing Officer
Delegate to the - state -cooventlon
will bt elected at the nexi regular meet
ing. .
Annie M Maker, Pres. Correspondent
Contract for Construct
ing Let to McCabe
Company.
Washington's army was camped near
her home
Mis McDonald Is necessarily feehle
on account of her great age, but ahe is
i'l la good spirits, and the attendants
at th home say th;y will not be sur
prieed if she livta to see several more
birthdays. ' ! :-.-..
. (The lCth U 3 Census taken for 1904.
gives the number of persons lathe
Uoit-d States-one hundred years old
and over at 3,530' of whom 1,239 were
men and 2,247 were women. Classified
by color there were 886 negro vara 100
years and over, and 1,(367 negro women
100 years olJ and over.)
STEER BRINGS
36 CENTS A POUND
Mr. and Mrs. O W Green, of Baker
City, returned borne last evening.
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Holiday
Facts
- The chances are that if everybody
'knew the exact fact about our Holi
day line, how carefully selected and
how fair in price, we would not have
half enough to o around.
I ; We have been fortunate in being
. able to buy our holiday stock close.
the selling will be just as close. We
want you to see our line before asssrU
ments are broken. In the start we
will have a variety of goods not sold
elsewhere; these are apt to be the
goods you want.
Make sure of them by buying early
Fair prices will last to the end.
Best assortment will not.
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' Spokesman Review t
The McCabe Construction com pa ay,
a railroad contracting firm close to
the Northern Pacific, has b 'eu award
ed the contract forbuilding tke port
age road from Celilo to the Dales in
Oregon, which whan . built will give
cen'ral Washiaytbn an open route to
the sea. The Columbia river is open
from its mouth to Tbe Dalles. . ' 213
miles. Br building this eeven mile
portage rod 109 miles more of the
Columbia river will be open to navi
gation and 100 miles ol the Snake river
Tbe portage road will make the Co
lumbla river a great competitor of the
O. N. and thot a Northern Paci
fic oompauy should take the contract
for its construction la said to be a
move on the Dart of the northern road
to even up soorea with the Un'on
Pacific which controls the OlUN
Joseph McCace of walla Walla vice
president and general manager of the
Washington A Columbia River railroad
a subsidiary road of tbe Northern Pa
ine, is preal lent of ths construction
company, and bis brother," George Mc
Cabe of Taooma, la mnaier of it
The company - wag organized to build
the Walla Walla & Southeastern from
Walla Walla to .Wallowa, but has done
very little work besides filling a few
tresses for toe Northern Pacific be
tween Walla Walla and Dayton.
Ready for Inspection
WEDNESDAY MORNING
Chicago Deo 2 The big steer,
"Clear Lke Juie If, wlnnor of the
international gr;tnd championship at
the Livestock Show In progress her
was sold to a -Mtiw Vortr Hrm twtaw
for $36 per 100 pounds. -
LAND ; ;
FRAUDS
CASES
Sensational Request of
-One bf the Defend-ants.
IS
100
YEARS
OF AGE
How We Grow
Over 21,000,000 ballots were oast for
pre-lpential candidates. As tbe stump
speaker would say' In referring to the
popular vote for President since 1856,
"See how we. grow I" The Tote :.taa
been ;
Year . "
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1860...
1364...
1868...
1872...
1876
1880.
1S84
18S3
1892... Tt...
189C
1900
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4,053,753
4,670.193
4,034.780
5,716,858
6,437,214
8,405,627
0190,446
10.055,73
11,377,689
12,154,537
13.95j.179
13,970,000
Colored Woman Who
Has Lived in Three
Centuries. V
THE NEWLIN DRUG CO
LA GRANDE - OREGON
BonoooDoaoi aaaaBOQaaaaaaoaaaaaRa
From the PbifHJolphia Press
Shrivelled and e. undated by the
weight of year, ueiir y double the a
lloted three score atftl ten of the Scrip
tures. Mrs Mary WacDcmald, a wit
ness of the growth of the nation from
its birth In the Revolution to it pre
sent great development, passed her
134th birthday in her room at the Home
for Aged and Infirm Colored Persona,
Forty foorth street and Girard avenue,
yesterday.
With her little, withered body propp
ed op in bed, she enjoye J the pipe
whiph has furnished solace to her In
the century of her old age. Uetweon
her puffs of smoke she meditated on
the times of her girlhood, when tbe
Revolution was being fought around
her home. . Born la 1770, according to
the records, Mrs MacDonald has lived
in three centuries and baa seen every
war through which her country haa
passed.
Mrs McDonald has so wanted away
dui log these many years that she is
only a mere shadow of her former erect
figure. She now is hardly three feet
tall and weighs about seventy pounds.
Her face Is furrowed with many deep
Unas. Two years ago she lost her eye
sight. ' Uer remarkable memory of the
long ago, however, is still strong.
While ahe cannot recall events of com
paratively recent years, she remembers
well tbe trying periods of the Kovoiu
tion. She was boru in Frogtowu, near
Valley Forg and can n late incidents
of the terrible winter of 177778' when
Prof. R P Tait who baa been on an
extended trip throughout the length
and bredth of thej states of Oregon
California and Washington, returned
houie 8aturdy evening. He will be
ready to resume work with bis puyils
m a few days. HU roany friands will
bf pleased to know that be has near
ly recovered from his recent injuries
He eay be saw much good country
while absent but - nothing - which in
hi estimation ei cells this valley.
Portland Ore., Eeo. 6.Proliflo in
surprises and sensations a have been
tbe development in the laod frauds
Mva uwn m nimiu lor kua mi-
muxes of today. By far the most im
portant both because of its uneipeot
ednesa and because the moral effect it
is almost certain to have on the jury
' was the request of Frank Wclgamot
through hla attorney for leave to
withdraw his plea of not golltv and
to be allowed to plead guilty to the
crime of oanspiracy as oharged.
Judge Bellinger took the matter
under advisement ' Almost Equally
unexpected was tbe request of prose
cutor Henri for an order of acquittal
to be entered in the case of Marie
Ware pn the ground that the prosecu
tion did not believe that she kecord
log to tbe evidence was proven guilty
ol aiding tbe present conspiracy. OI
hardly less surprise was the announce
ment not more than twenty minutes
after tbe government had completed
its case by the defence, thatit rested
and that its oase was ready for argu
ment by counsel.
The defense ba only offerad ex
planations in behalf of two o? those
being tried by their counsel and noth
ing for the rest of the defendants who
(or two weeks have listened to a
chain of circumstances by whioh the
prosecution confidently expects to
convict them all of donsphsoy to de
fraud tbe government publio domain.
Apparently in despair In their under
taking to batter down too mass of
evidence tbs government has heaped
against them they will base their
hopes on the argument to the jury
and if that fails, on tne levsrsal of
judgment at tbe bands- of tht sppe
lant tribunal. "
Wblgamot'a confession which was
the moat sensational incident ot tb
(Si took plao when the 'court con
vened this afternoon.
Claude 8trahan a new attorney in,,
the case arose and stated.
"I appear for Frauk Wolgamot and .
wish to withdraw his; plea of not guilty '.
and substitute that of guilty. '
"Wolgamot" he asked,-Do you so
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V"I do," was the answer.-' 1
"What is your plea?" asked the
court.
' VGuilty he replied. ., . .
Followlrg right upon the heels ol ,
Wolgs mot's confession oams Heneys
announcement that the prosecution
had decidtd to abandon ' the case
against Mies Ware. Heney stated to
tbe court ha would not ask the jury
to return a verdiol in a oase wbora be
himself could not go to the jury room
and vote for conviction. Ha stated
tha. he did not think tbe government
had , proved beyond a reasonable
doubt that Miss Wr.re was connected
with the present case and therefore
asked for an order of acquittal,
t Following tba motion to acquit
Miss Miss Ware, Prosecutor Hall
made statement of tbe . case to tha
jury His statement was simple.
strong and couolse. When Hall con
cluded the court adjourned until
Monday,
ISLAND
' Tha Island City camp of the Modern
Woodmen will have a grand meeting
Tomorrow evening. There will be ..
round dozen candidates to Introduce
to tho mystriea ot the order and all
woodmen In the state are Invited to
attend, The greatest woodmen in the
state brother 81mmons will be at tba
meeting with a splinter new
lecture Let every' Woodmen In
the county attend. The exhibition
will be worth the expenditure of time
and effort to attenl. Remember the
date tomorrow evening
jj Three Important Items
I at Great Special Prices ! f
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$4.75 to $7.50 Childrcns' and Misses' Jackets $2.50 1
, About 25 of these Jackets ia Coverts Cloth, Veritiaa . Cloth and many novelty
eoitiugB worth tegular prices from $4.60 to 17.50, at, for choice
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$12.00 Ladies' Jackets, Special
$1 1.00 Ladies' Jackets, Special
$7.50 and $8 00 Trimmed Hats
All ladies' hats at specially reduced prices.
$10.00
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$4.75
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